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buckeroo

buckeroo is the alternative spelling of buckaroo.

Meaning of buckaroo

Noun (1)

buckaroo (plural buckaroos)

  1. (US, also, attributive) A cowboy; specifically, a working cowboy who generally does not participate in rodeos.
    • No thanks, cowboy. If I was to let every rodeo hand I pulled a bull off of buy me liquor, I'd have been an alcoholic long ago. Pullin' bulls off of you buckaroos is just my job. So save your money for your next entry fee, cowboy.2005 September 2, Larry McMurtry, Diana Ossana, 00:51:25 from the start, in Brokeback Mountain, Universal City, Calif.: Focus Features, →OCLC
  2. (US, broadly) One who adopts a distinctive style of cowboy attire and heritage.
    • Many cowboy poets have a buckaroo look and feel about them.
  3. (US, broadly) A style of cowboy boot with a high heel tapered at the back.
  4. (US, Western, figuratively) A headstrong, reckless person; a hothead.
    • Don’t run in looking for a fight like some kind of buckaroo.

Noun (2)

buckaroo (plural buckaroos)

  1. (US, slang) Synonym of buck (“a dollar”).
    • That’ll be twenty buckaroos, buddy.

See all 6 meanings of buckaroo

Forms of buckeroo

pluralbuckeroos

Questions about buckeroo

What is buckeroo the alternative spelling of?
Buckeroo is the alternative spelling of buckaroo.

Words near buckeroo in the dictionary

  1. Buckendoon
  2. Buckenham
  3. Buckenhams
  4. bucker
  5. Buckeridge
  6. buckeroo
  7. buckeroos
  8. buckers
  9. bucket
  10. bucket about
  11. bucket and spade

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Adapted from Wiktionary: buckeroo (page history and authors); buckaroo (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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